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VOL. 103 ISSUE 18
FOGHORN.USFCA.EDU
Cookies, Anyone?
HHJBEfiPPF 1HHB
HUNTER PATTERSON/FOGHORN
The confections in Market may have seemed lackluster Tuesday March 27 as seven-year-old Girl Scout Angelica Van Gough, from Troop
#245, stormed into Hamey plaza for a day of charity, cookies, and calories (but good news compulsive girl-scout-cookie snackers, there's
only 1210 calories in a box of Do-si-dos). Van Gough, from Benicia, was on campus trying to reach her goal of selling 750 boxes this
cookie season. Proceeds from the cookies go in part to military troops, local charities and the Foster a Dream Organization that provides
chocolate bunnies to foster children every Easter. It's quite possible that the only thing sweeter than her product may be her smile.
Daughters of Darfur Raises Awareness of Plight in Africa
EVA ERICKSON
StaffWriter
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Organizers of "Daughters of Darfur" were enthusiastic about the
head count. "We had an amazing
turnout," said Reena K. Shah, Vice President of Service for U.S. Politics Society,
as she glanced with confidence about the
faintly fit hall packed with an estimated
120 chattering students. In the past week,
USF has been the proud host to several
forums addressing women's rights on a
global scale. However, forum "Daughters of Darfur" did not so much concentrate on the brutalities faced by women,
but the hardships faced by all Internally
Displaced Persons (I.D.P.) in Darfur.
The first to speak was Martha Saave-
dra, associate director of the center for
African Studies. She began with a heartfelt statement. "First I would like to honor
the Iranian women on the hunger strike
in prison right now," she said, reminding
the audience of the international stand
against injustice faced by women today.
After acknowledging Women's Awareness Week, Saavedra delved into the deeper
evils at work in Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur
region. "No one really knows how many
people have died," confirmed Saavedra.
"The experts don't even know how many
people have died." She went on to give an
estimate of roughly one million persons
killed and 2.2 million persons displaced in
Darfur alone. But unlike other genocides,
Darfur has a particularly nasty element to it.
"Rape has been a characteristic of the
Darfurian conflict more so than any other
conflict," said Saavedra, and it is because of
that aspect that special attention has been
drawn to the women and children of Darfur.
At the March 7 event speaker Joc-
elyn Takatsuno, who is a consultant for
a number of international organizations,
has been submerged in Darfur's desper
ate situation for 11 months. "There is
very little debate as to whether or not to
call it genocide," Takatsuno remarked.
"Use of the term genocide is political; it's no longer legal.' You can't use the
term genocide and then not get involved."
A considerable issue at hand is that it
is very difficult for other governments to
become involved in the Darfurian conflict.
Although there is an incomprehensible
amount of strife, death, and famine occurring, the Sudanese government is a very
strong state. An important requirement
for other countries to get involved is that
the country in question must be a failed
state. "But the Sudanese government isn't
what you would call a failed state. In Sudan
you don't have a failed state, you just have
a bad state," said Saavedra. Taktsuno reiterated this desperate state of affairs when
she said, "here we are, dumping millions
of dollars [into Sudan] everyday and a lot
of this money is going to support the government... inevitably to support the war."
The frustration faced by aids in Darfur is immeasurable. One of the speakers
reminisced on seeing the African Union
(AU.) stand by while Janjuwiid (a rebel
force in Darfur) went in and burned down
an entire village, displacing hundreds more.
In Sudan, issues such as gender-based violence are illegal to speak of publicly, and
foreign aid is required to ask for the permission of the government before doing
anything. Shaavedra emphasized that the
Sudan has a "very, very powerful state. You
really need to rub them the right way."
The resolution to the Darfurian conflict
lies in finding ways to sustain I.D.Rs and
help them to essentially make hves a fraction easier. Tlie serious issue faced by many
I.D.P's is the need to collect fuelwood. A
process that takes anywhere from six to
eight hours, women collecting wood leave
their children behind and are often subjected to gender-based violence. Furthermore,
the need for wood by so many refugees has
resulted in deforestation. Susan Amrose,
who is currently pursuing a Ph. D. in physics, said, "it's gotten so bad that some of
the people have begun to dig up the roots."
However, non-governmental organizations have found a stove that is fuel efficient, relatively cheap to make, and portable—all of which are extremely helpful to
the I.D.P.s. The problem is getting proper
funding to make enough of these stoves.
There are four miUion people in Darfur who are in need of humanitarian assistance, and according to Shaavedra, "the
AU. doesn't have the funding, the manpower" to help significantly. There isn't
enough funding or publicity to draw help
to Darfur, but it is through awareness
that I.D.P.s will get the necessary aid."
MARCH 29.2007
Women Veterans Of Color
Speak Out On Military Policy
Roundtable Discussion
Focuses on the Woman
of Color Experience
MARIA DINZEO
News Editor
More women serve in the military
today than in any other period
in history. According to An-
nick TR. Wibben, assistant professor of
politics and director of the USF Peace
and Justice Studies program, one in every
seven troops fighting in Iraq is female. Yet
Wibben says that in spite of these numbers, "we know very Uttle about women in
the military and what they experience, and
we know even less about women of color.
We are in a place of unparalleled lethality in the miUtary There are four times
more women serving in the Iraq War
than in the Gulf War. And despite what
people teU you, these women are fighting
in combat." In conjunction with Women's
Awareness Week, several women of color
veterans spoke at USF about their miUtary
experiences. Said Cody Meador, freshman
politics major and secretary of the USF
Politics Society, "I think it's important
to talk about the way women, especiaUy
women of color, are treated in the military."
Although Meador said that the event
was not meant to be anti-war or anti-military, aU three ofthe speakers recounted military experiences that were mostly negative.
Aimee Allison, who served in the Army
Reserves for four years as a combat medic,
chose to join the mUitary for financial reasons. As a senior in high school, she was
delighted when she got into Stanford, but
soon realized that her family was unable to
afford the hefty price tag of tuition, room
and board, and books. "I was desperate for
a solution," said AUison. "Even though I
had straight A's, I knew that I wouldn't be
able to pay." AUison remembered taking a
bus one day and passing a biUboard that
depicted four smiling people, one of them
a black woman. It was a miUtary ad. Al-
Uson was attracted to the images of power,
strength and equality that the ad conveyed.
"The idea that I could succeed and be on
equal ground with white men appealed to
VETERANS Continued on Page 2
China's African Undertakings
HUNTER PATTERSON/FOGHORN
Col. John Chere said that China needs Africa's resources to assist in its economic growth.
HUNTER PATTERSON 8c
CHELSEA M. STERLING
StaffWrittrs
China's growing presence in African countries was the topic of
conversation at the Center for
the Pacific Rim's China in Africa discussion panel, "China in Africa: A Race for
Resources". To provide firsthand insight
on the topic, Colonel John Chere, former
Army Attache to Morocco, and Bruce
Rogers, retired Foreign Service Officer
to Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, and Algeria,
spoke of their experiences in Africa and
their account of the Chinese influence
there. Patrick Lloyd Hatcher, a Kiriyama
Distinguished FeUow at the USF Center
for the Pacific Rim, included his travel
experiences in Africa as he moderated
the discussion that was held on Feb. 28.
Hatcher prefaced the talk by explaining how the West has been plundering
CHINA Continued on Page 2
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be the nature president? g-__i
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Vivienne Westwood makes art of
fashion at the De Young Museum.
aA
Sports Editor crosses
swords with USF
Fencers.
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VOL. 103 ISSUE 18
FOGHORN.USFCA.EDU
Cookies, Anyone?
HHJBEfiPPF 1HHB
HUNTER PATTERSON/FOGHORN
The confections in Market may have seemed lackluster Tuesday March 27 as seven-year-old Girl Scout Angelica Van Gough, from Troop
#245, stormed into Hamey plaza for a day of charity, cookies, and calories (but good news compulsive girl-scout-cookie snackers, there's
only 1210 calories in a box of Do-si-dos). Van Gough, from Benicia, was on campus trying to reach her goal of selling 750 boxes this
cookie season. Proceeds from the cookies go in part to military troops, local charities and the Foster a Dream Organization that provides
chocolate bunnies to foster children every Easter. It's quite possible that the only thing sweeter than her product may be her smile.
Daughters of Darfur Raises Awareness of Plight in Africa
EVA ERICKSON
StaffWriter
*
Organizers of "Daughters of Darfur" were enthusiastic about the
head count. "We had an amazing
turnout," said Reena K. Shah, Vice President of Service for U.S. Politics Society,
as she glanced with confidence about the
faintly fit hall packed with an estimated
120 chattering students. In the past week,
USF has been the proud host to several
forums addressing women's rights on a
global scale. However, forum "Daughters of Darfur" did not so much concentrate on the brutalities faced by women,
but the hardships faced by all Internally
Displaced Persons (I.D.P.) in Darfur.
The first to speak was Martha Saave-
dra, associate director of the center for
African Studies. She began with a heartfelt statement. "First I would like to honor
the Iranian women on the hunger strike
in prison right now," she said, reminding
the audience of the international stand
against injustice faced by women today.
After acknowledging Women's Awareness Week, Saavedra delved into the deeper
evils at work in Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur
region. "No one really knows how many
people have died," confirmed Saavedra.
"The experts don't even know how many
people have died." She went on to give an
estimate of roughly one million persons
killed and 2.2 million persons displaced in
Darfur alone. But unlike other genocides,
Darfur has a particularly nasty element to it.
"Rape has been a characteristic of the
Darfurian conflict more so than any other
conflict," said Saavedra, and it is because of
that aspect that special attention has been
drawn to the women and children of Darfur.
At the March 7 event speaker Joc-
elyn Takatsuno, who is a consultant for
a number of international organizations,
has been submerged in Darfur's desper
ate situation for 11 months. "There is
very little debate as to whether or not to
call it genocide," Takatsuno remarked.
"Use of the term genocide is political; it's no longer legal.' You can't use the
term genocide and then not get involved."
A considerable issue at hand is that it
is very difficult for other governments to
become involved in the Darfurian conflict.
Although there is an incomprehensible
amount of strife, death, and famine occurring, the Sudanese government is a very
strong state. An important requirement
for other countries to get involved is that
the country in question must be a failed
state. "But the Sudanese government isn't
what you would call a failed state. In Sudan
you don't have a failed state, you just have
a bad state," said Saavedra. Taktsuno reiterated this desperate state of affairs when
she said, "here we are, dumping millions
of dollars [into Sudan] everyday and a lot
of this money is going to support the government... inevitably to support the war."
The frustration faced by aids in Darfur is immeasurable. One of the speakers
reminisced on seeing the African Union
(AU.) stand by while Janjuwiid (a rebel
force in Darfur) went in and burned down
an entire village, displacing hundreds more.
In Sudan, issues such as gender-based violence are illegal to speak of publicly, and
foreign aid is required to ask for the permission of the government before doing
anything. Shaavedra emphasized that the
Sudan has a "very, very powerful state. You
really need to rub them the right way."
The resolution to the Darfurian conflict
lies in finding ways to sustain I.D.Rs and
help them to essentially make hves a fraction easier. Tlie serious issue faced by many
I.D.P's is the need to collect fuelwood. A
process that takes anywhere from six to
eight hours, women collecting wood leave
their children behind and are often subjected to gender-based violence. Furthermore,
the need for wood by so many refugees has
resulted in deforestation. Susan Amrose,
who is currently pursuing a Ph. D. in physics, said, "it's gotten so bad that some of
the people have begun to dig up the roots."
However, non-governmental organizations have found a stove that is fuel efficient, relatively cheap to make, and portable—all of which are extremely helpful to
the I.D.P.s. The problem is getting proper
funding to make enough of these stoves.
There are four miUion people in Darfur who are in need of humanitarian assistance, and according to Shaavedra, "the
AU. doesn't have the funding, the manpower" to help significantly. There isn't
enough funding or publicity to draw help
to Darfur, but it is through awareness
that I.D.P.s will get the necessary aid."
MARCH 29.2007
Women Veterans Of Color
Speak Out On Military Policy
Roundtable Discussion
Focuses on the Woman
of Color Experience
MARIA DINZEO
News Editor
More women serve in the military
today than in any other period
in history. According to An-
nick TR. Wibben, assistant professor of
politics and director of the USF Peace
and Justice Studies program, one in every
seven troops fighting in Iraq is female. Yet
Wibben says that in spite of these numbers, "we know very Uttle about women in
the military and what they experience, and
we know even less about women of color.
We are in a place of unparalleled lethality in the miUtary There are four times
more women serving in the Iraq War
than in the Gulf War. And despite what
people teU you, these women are fighting
in combat." In conjunction with Women's
Awareness Week, several women of color
veterans spoke at USF about their miUtary
experiences. Said Cody Meador, freshman
politics major and secretary of the USF
Politics Society, "I think it's important
to talk about the way women, especiaUy
women of color, are treated in the military."
Although Meador said that the event
was not meant to be anti-war or anti-military, aU three ofthe speakers recounted military experiences that were mostly negative.
Aimee Allison, who served in the Army
Reserves for four years as a combat medic,
chose to join the mUitary for financial reasons. As a senior in high school, she was
delighted when she got into Stanford, but
soon realized that her family was unable to
afford the hefty price tag of tuition, room
and board, and books. "I was desperate for
a solution," said AUison. "Even though I
had straight A's, I knew that I wouldn't be
able to pay." AUison remembered taking a
bus one day and passing a biUboard that
depicted four smiling people, one of them
a black woman. It was a miUtary ad. Al-
Uson was attracted to the images of power,
strength and equality that the ad conveyed.
"The idea that I could succeed and be on
equal ground with white men appealed to
VETERANS Continued on Page 2
China's African Undertakings
HUNTER PATTERSON/FOGHORN
Col. John Chere said that China needs Africa's resources to assist in its economic growth.
HUNTER PATTERSON 8c
CHELSEA M. STERLING
StaffWrittrs
China's growing presence in African countries was the topic of
conversation at the Center for
the Pacific Rim's China in Africa discussion panel, "China in Africa: A Race for
Resources". To provide firsthand insight
on the topic, Colonel John Chere, former
Army Attache to Morocco, and Bruce
Rogers, retired Foreign Service Officer
to Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, and Algeria,
spoke of their experiences in Africa and
their account of the Chinese influence
there. Patrick Lloyd Hatcher, a Kiriyama
Distinguished FeUow at the USF Center
for the Pacific Rim, included his travel
experiences in Africa as he moderated
the discussion that was held on Feb. 28.
Hatcher prefaced the talk by explaining how the West has been plundering
CHINA Continued on Page 2
Could Hillary Clinton *£> ^
be the nature president? g-__i
c
Vivienne Westwood makes art of
fashion at the De Young Museum.
aA
Sports Editor crosses
swords with USF
Fencers.
00
H_
0.
SAN FRANCISCO FOGHORN 2130 FULTON STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118 NEWSROOM - 415.422.6122 ADVERTISING - - 415.422.2657